1. Pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 9201, otherwise known as the National Human Rights Consciousness Week Act of 2002, which declared December 4-10 of every year as the National Human Rights Consciousness Week in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) joins the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and other government agencies in celebrating the 2015 National Human Rights Consciousness Week (NHRCW) with the theme “Karapatang Pantao: Igalang, Ipagtanggol, Isakatuparan. ”

2. The Celebration aims to:

a. increase public awareness on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations in 1948;

b. promote respect and understanding on the rights proclaimed under the universal declaration in order to create a sustainable human rights culture in the country; and

c. propagate, particularly among students, the culture of respect and awareness against child-abuse.

3. By virtue of the said law, all government agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, are mandated to celebrate the week through simple and appropriate ceremonies and activities to make people aware of their basic human rights in relation to the functions and services offered by these government instrumentalities

4. In view of the foregoing, the central, regional and division offices, including schools, are encouraged to undertake the following activities:

a. Hanging of the No to Bullying banner that can be downloaded through tinyurl.com/shoobully (Enclosure No. 1);

b. Hanging of the streamers depicting this year’s theme that can be downloaded through tinyurl.com/NHRCW2015 (Enclosure No. 2);

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